IFC Confirms EUR5 Mln Investment in Flyer One Ventures Fund V at URC2025

IFC confirms EUR5 mln investment in Flyer One Ventures Fund V at URC2025

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group announced a EUR5 million equity investment in the first venture fund in Ukraine specializing in financing early-stage startups, Flyer One Ventures Fund V, at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) in Rome on Thursday.

First Ukrainian VC Backed by IFC and EBRD Launches €50M Fund for CEE Startups

Ukrainian venture capital firm Flyer One Ventures has announced its new €50 million fund backed […] The post First Ukrainian VC Backed by IFC and EBRD Launches €50M Fund for CEE Startups appeared first on TheRecursive.com.

IFC taps Nigeria’s market to boost Benin as West Africa’s investment hub

When Vincent Arthur Floreani took over as the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Country Manager for Benin in 2023, the stakes were modest. The IFC’s office in Cotonou had just opened its doors, and the small francophone nation of 13 million wasn’t high on the list of investor destinations in West Africa. But Floreani saw something else: a tightly governed economy with rising ambitions, an underserved private sector, and a unique geograph…